Another reader felt that the biggest benefits of a falling human population will be to the planet itself: “Less pollution, less deforestation, less mass extinctions of other species, etc., etc.

Infant mortality in the United States has risen following the overturning of Roe v. Wade and its federal protections for abortion, new research shows, largely due to babies with congenital anomalies ...

Over the last decade, Ohio policy makers pushed to prevent more infant deaths. The state's infant mortality rate decreased slightly as a result, but the disparity between Black and white infant ...

The United States has one of the highest infant mortality rates of all developed countries: Of every 1,000 babies born this year, six will die before their first birthday. The problem runs deeper than ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and several supervisors announced Monday a plan to address maternal and infant health. The ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Infant mortality is rising faster than expected in states with strict abortion limits or bans. Two new studies in the medical journal JAMA reveal how ...

The Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition (NIHHC) has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study in Frontiers in Global Women’s Health Journal examining how Hispanics in ...

After her maternal mortality bill died, Sen. Kamesha Mumford is requesting $20 million for a program she says would help new ...

Mississippi is taking steps to address its high maternal and infant mortality rates. The Mississippi Hospital Association ...

Pensacola Republican Rep. Alex Andrade, who chairs the House health care budget writing panel, said the structure is intentional and characterized it as an enhancement to the current quality ...